City Council Agenda and Packet 2019 06 11

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City Council Meeting Minutes May 28, 2019 Page 4 of 7 Underpass Projects Mayor Muckle stated he is supportive of funding the underpass a Steel Ranch/Bullhead Gulch with the cost increase; we have promised this underpass for a long time now. Councilmember Stolzmann would like to keep all of the underpasses on the list even knowing we can't afford them all without new revenue. Councilmember Stolzmann stated the Dillon/88th underpass seems like it's unnecessary as there are other safe ways to cross the street nearby. Libhart stated it was included to help traffic flow and maintaining flow in the future and hold off upgrading capacity on Dillon. Members decided to leave this as a long-term goal. Members discussed their various opinions for prioritizing of the underpasses. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated the at grade solutions are much cheaper and seem to work in most communities. He stated traffic flow is a key criteria for underpasses and we need strict criteria for when we build an underpass. Councilmember Maloney stated he would like to use at grade solutions rather than underpasses for South Boulder Road and Via Appia, South Boulder Road and Main Street, South Boulder Road and 95th Street, and the Powerline Trail at Dillon. He stated that we should start with the at grade improvements before exploring underpass options. Councilmember Stolzmann would like to keep the underpasses in the plan and consider asking the public for dedicated funding. Director Zuccaro stated the at grade improvements would happen first and an underpass could be considered in the future. Councilmember Maloney stated these community requests are likely far too much to fund. We need to set priorities for what we can do. He would keep them on the list, but far down on the priority. Mayor Muckle stated it is important to list the crossings we want to address whether it is at grade or not; he would like to do what we can to keep the long-term projects on the list. The consensus was to add underpasses to the list at South Boulder Road and Eisenhower, Lake Park and Via Appia, Dillon Road and Powerline Trail, and the Powerline Trail and Via Appia. Keep them on the list for if/when we can afford them. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton would like a statement included with the list that the City will pursue at grade upgrades first before going directly to underpasses and include the general criteria of what is evaluated before an underpass is considered. 28